Understanding the divergent effects of norepinephrine on cardiac output: Go with the flow

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 352-354

  Pearl, Ronald G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac output; mean systemic filling pressure; norepinephrine; stroke volume variation; venous return curve

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NORADRENALIN;

EDITORIAL; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS RETURN;

CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84872093659     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318270e67e     Document Type: Editorial

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